Antimicrobial Activity of Hypericum perforatum Essential Oil
Author(s) -
Vesna Kalaba,
Jovana Glušac,
Milka Stijepić,
Dragana Kalaba,
Dragica Đurđević-Milošević
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
quality of life (banja luka) - apeiron
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1986-6038
pISSN - 1986-602X
DOI - 10.7251/qol1503045k
Subject(s) - antimicrobial , hypericum perforatum , salmonella , pseudomonas aeruginosa , staphylococcus aureus , bacteria , essential oil , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , traditional medicine , medicine , food science , genetics
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) initiate public awareness campaign about antimicrobial substances and their rational uses due to the increasing prevalence of multidrug resistant strains of bacteria. The objective of this study was to evaluate antimicrobial activity of Hypericum perforatum essential oil and reference antimicrobial drugs against the growth of certain bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhimurium i Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
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